Happy to hear they hooked you up!! I could only imagine how bad they would bend you over a chair if you had to buy this yourself!!!

 

I learned a long long time ago (the hard way) and the lesson came from an old biker I rode with. I had picked up my bike from a dealer service visit (jap bike) and was out riding and the entire air cleaner assembly came off in a turn and scattered onto the road. I went back and retrieved the pieces and proceeded to limp back home (missing the bolts) and complained how the "dealer" left it loose.

Thats when the old biker said to me. no - it's your bike and you should have gone over everything after you picked it up at the dealer, and you know what? he is right. I double check everything the dealer ever works on after that because no one cares for me and my bike like I do. if you want to be sure that stuff is put back on right, then double check it yourself. When I brought my 09 HD home, I bought the service manual and began to learn all about "my" bike. What I quickly found was that the battery terminal connections were loose and would have caused problems on the road had I not found that problem, simply by checking. The morale of the story is don't rely on the dealer, period. Learn to double check the bike yourself and especially go over anything that the dealer touched. Saddle bags should always be double checked before you ever leave the dealers lot. The old biker cought me off guard by halfway blaming me but his lesson stuck and taught me to take more responsibility for my bike which is something I do now religiously.

Glad to hear the dealer is making you whole again. You're quite lucky in that regard.

 

They are at the Garret Road exit. Go south then left on the service road by SAMS, they are about a 1/2 mile down on the right. Ask for the sales manager, Pistol Carter. Have you considered a ride on the Natchez Trace? You catch it about 30 miles to the east of Vicksburg in Clinto;, from there you can north or south. Natchez is about 100 miles south and is a nice little town. If you like to gamble they have a casino; I've never been there but understand they are not as nice as the ones in Shrev. or Vicksburg.

I hope you have a safe trip.

 

It wasn't the failure of the pins, the rear bracket came off. It seems that someone must have gotten in a hurry putting the bags on at the dealer. I got my indy to check everything out to make sure the whole bike was "tight" he found that the bolt on the left rear bracket was also gone and replaced it and used locktite. And, I decided to use the bolt, lockwashers and wingnuts just to be safe; if I lose another one it won't be due to lack of attention.

 

I take my bags off when I take my bike to the dealer. Not so much that I'm afraid they won't put them back on the right way but I don't want their "gorilla fingers" scratching, scuffing or just basically not paying attention.

P.S. I've never lost a bag.